U.N. may expand support for Iraq

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said Thursday he will expand U.N. support for Iraqi elections if need be. He also said he was not offended that President Bush did not ask to see him during this visit to Washington.

The allegations of abuse in a U.N. oil-for-food program hung over Annan as he made his rounds visiting outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell and Powell's nominated replacement, White House National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Annan addressed the subject at the start of a speech on reforming the world body.

"Let me deal with something that I'm sure is on the minds of all of you: the disturbing allegations over the oil-for-food program," Annan said at the Council on Foreign Relations. "We must get to the bottom of these allegations."

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Why am I not suprised that Bush chose to not meet with Kofi when he came to Washington? Of course I think we may be seeing one of those you scrach my back I scrach yours type deals in Bush's decision not to support kicking Kofi out of the UN and Kofi now saying we might help out more in Iraq.